Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1926, Page 3

/ THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. ., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. .- 1926. MIDCITY MARKET STEBREF FILED All Phases of Problem of Re- locating Utility There Cov- ered in Document. Emphasizing that the midelty market site is nearest to the center of population and easy of access; that It has the support of every citizens' association that has held a ineeting; that it is urged by signa- tures of 426 of the approximately 500 farmers and truckers selling their produce in the Farmers' Market: that it is close to the shopping district H\Hd convenlent to freight terminals, Driscoll, president of“the Mid- Clity Cltizens Assoclation and chair- man of the general citizens' com- mittee on the FKifth and K streets market site, today formally submitted a brief in behalf of the Convention Yiall avea to the City Planning Com- Commissioners rket co-ordination This brief is as follows: behalf of the Mid-City Citi- Association and special citizens’ mitiee interested in securing the central, desirable and con- t site on which to locate the Market as well as a Center I wish to report both organi-- unanimously in favor of oth markets near Fifth and “On zens ing this site most serious tion was given to all sec- tions of the city, after which our decision was made to recommend the 1°ifth and K street site, for the many n for Public. “In organizing and locating any large retail business. serious con sideration must be ziven to the public at large, on whose patronage and trade the successful nperation of such husiness terprise depend his is particularly so regarding the loca- tion of markets, where a great num- her of purchases made by our women folks who carry their baskets to and from the market with thém. We that markets should be 4 the ter of popu sible, with ample and parking facilities ion is the site at Fifth Here we have o sec covered by practically £ Washington SIBLE FOR ANY than by George Wash A ¢ former address. RTLE._EVERGR! ry furnished and plan ass order. Rich soil RRE 26 10th st TRN LOAD OF FUR: ork. Phiiadeiphia or B: R ANSFER PARD o 22 ux ATH'S 616 H st now 10am. 3 to 6 pm) R ANGES REPAIRED Ph o, &, FOR AN mysell xor~ RESPONSIBLE racted except by ER. 204 n.w ~ EXAMINATION FOR CANDI Tor Henniach (6 DEACHre modine. apd ry n the District of Columhia will e whl beginning Tuesday [0 Washington. 0 toher lezd. = Kor inf SR ARy BOARD O ISORS. suige 110 Washington e rmation AL ST Eve 1801 H suitable _for Desk Sets | and_Optician The Bix Clock NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Imperial Theater Com- pany, incorporated under the Ym s of the State of Virginia, has act Lo sell all of ite assets and zood itors. if any. of said cor- notified to present their the 26th day of Septem M. 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Winter Banan 00 per b At °WEET CIDER. {grelutly blended. free 3c per gallon. contain A Lmknough Orchards | od of wide selections < of fruit. carefully | $2.00 and De. naing apples, ) “right at | L \ukncugh Orchards, « from D_C. line Falls Chur;.h Orchards.” | <'s ‘Red Delic- | les. ‘Alsa press ¢ same apploc © pressed. from | nts per gallon et v the “wo amd a hatl THERES THIS " | DIFFERENCE— KOONS i g e eithef passing or running in close proximity thereto or providing most convenient transfer. “The unlimited parking facilities of this location cannot be surpassed. Being outside of the congested zone, it \Is surrounded by many wide streets and avenues, sufficlent to provide ample space for all vehicles doing business with the market. “In urging the Fifth and K streets site we call attention to a statement of Mr. Alexander Gude, master of Eureka Grange, with headquarters at Chillum, Md., who says in a state- ment prepared for the Natlonal Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission: Against Water Front Site. “‘To the unprejudiced eve, “the suggested water front site at South- west Washington would seem the least desirable, due to the small space available for the location of buildings, to the scarcity of street car lines, to the difficulty of passing through the congested traffic of the downtown section and to the re- moteness from the principal resi- dential section of Washington and its suburbs.’” “Continuing, Mr. Gude's statement says: “‘The location of the Farmers' Market may seem a small matter at first glance. but it is one of vital Interest to the farmer and Jarge con- suming public who will supply the patronage, provided it is properly located and housed. The farmer will not be content in the future to be stuck away under a makeshift tin roof. The location should be near the center of the consuming public. This statement we wish to sup- port and emphasize and to add that center of population, both geo- phical and residential. is in close proximity to Fifth and K streets. Favor Population Center. So far as we are able to ascer- tain, < been the custom of all citfes 1o locate markets as near the | center of population.as possible. For xample, we cite the City of Bal more, which is noted for its wonder ful Lexington Market, which is far removed from both wharf and rail- | road station, hut controlling a won- terful trade six days in each week, s nt location to its notwithstanding ¢ brought io Light Street Wharf, at Baltimore, many more tons of perishable pro- | duce and végetables than are reach- ing Washington by the same methods. | “In urging the location of Fifth and K streets as a market site we do =0 with a strong onviction of having 1 of the market merchant équally at heart as that of his cus. tomer. It is an undisputed fact that the great ambition of every merchant i« to locate his busin as con veniently to his customer as possibl the inter | tion | of Suitland, ‘411 the Rhode Island | siation ! much the retail grocery stores other than the chain of stores—with practically all doing business with the Farmers' Market. “We find located in the Northwest section, 60 per cent; In the Northeast | section, about 18 per cent;'Southwest | section, 8 per cent, and the Southeast section, about 14 per cent. “With these figures before us it must be admitted that large markets located convenient to the greatest number of retail stores would be most desirable for many reasons. “The many attractions of Washing- ton make it particularly desirable as parades of varlous kinds. When parades are held it frequently be- comes necessary to rope off Pennsyl- vania avenue to north and south confusion, trouble, annoyance and in- conventence to the merchants operat- ing in the markets south of the ave- nue in the delivery of thelr goods on account of being compelled to send their wagons and trucks either to First street northeast or Eighteenth or Twentleth street northwest in order 10 cross Pennsylvania avenue during periods of parade, which in many in- stances take considerable time. Views of Farmers. “In order to ascertain the attitude of farmers doing business at Twelfth and B streets a petitlon was circulated among them advocating the mideity site, no one being permitted to sign the ‘petition except a real dirt farmer. We soon realized that the farmers were decidedly in favor of our loca- s practically every one inter viewed was most anxious to sign our setition. This should be quite a decid- ng factor regarding a market site, as an expression of opinion of those men whose business is at stake, and on the success of which the future operation of their farms depends. At present we have the signatures of 426 of these men, almost 100 per cent. Added to which we have the in- dorsement of: county agent of and other influen- armers of that location; the Com- Improvement Association of nd, the Suitland Tour | ment Asociation of some 1,000 farmers the Mid-City Citizens' ens’ Advisory Coun- Avenue Citizens' the Benning Citizens’ As- ion, the executive committee Co- lumbia Hei Association, the Stanton Park ' Associa- tion, the Piney Branch Citizens' Asso. and favorable reports from nizations meeting shortly. tion of our site regarding ilroads.entering Washing- nvenient. It is m Union Station. d \ssoviation, fation, other of of our and are about the ght express, ce awa same dis tn encourage trading and dealing The Baltimore & the least possible expense or tr . | Sylvania, being the larg In fact, what we aim to do tering Washington, bring the market to the people. “We feel that our argument would not be complete unless some refer- ence was made to the particular neighbo d of Fifth and K streets. ave three streets running ' Here we a and west—K street, a very broad ughfare; L street, not so wide, New York avenue, a_ very wide street nning at Fifth street | eastwardly as far as and e and extending the railroad tracks the section is cov. ered by ather cheap class of houses, of which have seen their hest days. and we are con vineed that sufficient ground could le secured at a very nominal figure to provide market space to serve the residents of the District of Cohimbia | for many years to come. | Relation to Groceries. | “With this as our strong argument | in favor of the mideity site, it may | he interesting to note the locatlon of | SHIPPING NEWS. Arrivals at_and_Sailings From New York, Daslight-Savin ARRIVED AT (aritlo—Cagtagena EW pton Preciient —Bremen Resolute Rochamheau—Havre Veendam—Rotterdam « DUE TODAY. Monterey—Havana DUE TOMORRO! Tolos More Sept EXPECTED ARRIVALS AT N Adriatic— American enstiord—Oslo Colombia —Glasgow verpool ... Hamburg Colomho—Genoa . De Grarse—Havre Deutschland—Hamburz Drottningholm—Gothent Antwern oy Frand -m,m adl OUTGOING STEAVTRS. SAILING TODAY. Landon s hampton 200 e 00 3 M A —Cane Town duan a ) Harrios rta—Porto Colombia on—Santo Domingo Cits Venezuela— ba v Siivia—St asazi—Bue { Ulna—Port Limon Noon Midnight lontarf—Oran Ttso te— Hambirs | mile: most of the perishables interesting to note the res om and differences in mileage haul from both Louis and Chicago over the differ- ent roads. From St. Louls to Wa a Baltimore & Ohio, 891 miles, a difference in favor Baltimore & Ohio of 94 miles. From Chicago to Washington via the Penn- svlvania is 840; via Baltimore & Ohio, . difference in favor of the Balti- & Ohio of 58 miles. This would | apply from all western points via Pennsylvania_as compared with the iltimore & Ohlo. Making a conservativ the lesser difference of m caleulation! miles may there were 1,747 cars from Western States, which at 58 additional per car would give 101,363 great er mileage via Pennsylvania to Wash ington- on these shipments as com- pared with Baltimore & Ohio mileage “Therefore. in hauling fruits and vegetables into Washington, figuring that the haul from Eastern' States | would be the same as via both lin the following results are shown: er mileage from Potomac yards kington via Baltimore & Ohio mnumrnd with ‘Water street via Penn- 51,192 car miles. Greater from est via Pennsylvania L2 BOOKS BOUGHT *z: “Bring Them In” or Phone Fr. 5416 Big Book Shop, 933 G St. N.W. FINEST SECTION LOW RENTS Note Well the Location et one block west of Conn R t Place. Quiet. Fefined en surrounded by trees, pub- rounds near, at very high vet most convenlent to hest and business sections. A few choice apartments left, tionally large rooms, real bath, one with porch. 2229 Bmcrofl Place (West on S Street to “'lrd and halt hloek morth STONE & FAIRFAX 17th St Main 2424 Years of Real S a place for conventions, pageants and | bound traffic, thergby causing much ! than Baltimére & Ohio, 101,326 car miles, which would make a lower mile- age in favor of Baltimore & Ohio on total perishables business into Wash ington of 50,134 car miles. Warehouse in' Eckington. “The Eckington section extending toward the midcity site has-grown to |be one of our leading warehouse sec- tions, the largest building being that of the National Geographic Society. /So we submit that for a market site | for both farmer as well as central re- tail market and commission mer- chant the mideity site is the most | destrable from every point of view. “Regarding the amount of farm products brought to Washington from | the surrounding country of Maryland {and Virginla, we find about 75 per |cent comes from Maryland and the balance of 25 per cent from the Dis- rict of Columbia and Virginia, Con- gress Heights, Benning and Kenil- | worth furnishing a good percentage. From Virginia we have farmers com- ing to our markets as far away Front Royal, V “One more point we desire to ress in regard to the mideity site = its most convenient location to the | shopping district. Here one may do | his or her marketing and be within {short walking distance of all retail ldry goods shops and stores. “The neighhorhood of Fifth and Seventh streets at K has been a market section for a long period of As early as the year 1846 a | market was operated at Seventh and K streets, rather small, to be sure, but sufficient to meet the demands of {our peopie at that particular time. A< improvements came along and zround increased in value (he market was moved the street, and Convention Hall was bollt as a market house. So we submit the location is a recognized market neighborhood of long stand- ing and should be encouraged as such on’ account of its ideal location and many other advantages herein pointed | st SITE GIVE! Columbia Heights Real ate Owners Favor Convention Hall ! of a site APPROVAL, st qlah]hhnwnl the Association, re ceived the hearty indorsement of the executive committee of the Columh Heigts Real Estate Owner: tion at a meeting last night in th room in the Tivoll Building, Fi teenth street and Park road. resolution was unanimously ap oved {n favor of the midcity, of ‘onvention Hall location as heing THE BEST BUY CAFRITZ LIFETIME HONES 142 &K - M.9080 300 More Unde Constructio ichigan Park A Highly Restricted munity of Detached and detached Brick Homes of crate Price. Michigan Avenue Boulevard at 12th Street For Information, Phone VAUGHN 360, WANTED! HOUSES AND APARTMENTS TO RENT Com- Se Mod- have applicants for tental in all sections of the eity the demand exceeds our List Your Rental Property With Us Rents Remltted Same Day Collected STONE & FAIRFAX “Over Forty Years of Real Servi 804 17th Street N.\WW.—Main 2 The Pershing 3701 16th St. N.W. 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